Rollable type screen assembly



Aug. 22, 1950 v. Di MARZO ROLLABLE TYPE SCREEN ASSEMBLY 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed NOV. 26, 1946 FIG.6

INVENTOR. VINCENT DIMARZO ATTORNEY Filed Nov. 26, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- 2, 1950 v. D! MARZO 2,519,638

ROLLABLE TYPE SCREEN ASSEMBLY FIG. 7

INVENTOR. VINCENT DI MARZO BY m}: $4 44 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 22, 1950.

Ap lieationifiet ber 26, seesaw N6. 7155348 a. I I v., wi tree W d w as see; t tigwherem lone builtf ens Mt -fis ,v to wbrE or rollrunways fitted tii eacli- -sid 6f the window frame; I

The bb'ject/ of this" inve tic as a eereemb esaeiiiee wmqpws andais g of this invention will appeal" "as speificatid' prdeeeaewah a detailed description and by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l isa-planviewof' the screen section. I Figure-zis a partly 'open-"wideyi'ew of the selfwinding spring roller.

Figure ;3- represents-the; spring roller housing.

Figures 4, 5 a'nd 6 illustrate'the runway as sembly wherein Figure 4 'is a" laG et to receive the Figure" 5- is the ru I *itself and Figure 6 is a stop: lid that tops th unwayfwhen assembled iri'the jacket: U U

a Figure'Z-is a composite pa: 1y cut-ut perspe;ctive views'hoppingthe fully as'siemblecfifiv j'on with parti'cular-attention-dir steel to the-p on ofthe screen edgea-ndbeads the runway recess.

Referring in detail to the invention:

In the screen section Figure 1 the screen I is fashioned of flexible screening material into which at spaced intervals relatively rigid horizontal rods, stout threads or wires 2 are interwoven. At the extremities of these rods small beads 3 of firm material are afiixed. When the screen edge 4 is fitted into the path 5 of the runway 6 these beads become positioned in the recess I and are held in place by the edges 8 of the inwardly folded portions of runway 6 (see Figure 7). It is preferable, though not essential that these beads be of the rotatable type to permit greater ease of movement androllability of the screen assembly as it is raised and lowered. Referring further to Figure 1, the screen I is fitted at its top end with a fairly rigid shaft 9 that is narrowed at its extremities and widened throughout its middle portion. This shaft is narrow at its ends to permit 2012iim's. (Ci: 160 -28) roller its fisertion in the path 5jc'fthe runwayas shown in\F ir .t'is w de-rm be w n the en o eventts slipping through' s'lot II! of the housing when mescyeen is assembled for opers'haftfits within a groove I2 ofthe win- M. ndi hj l nr ee b tabs, W attach'tg-the window sash'within groove I2 At the bottom'of this screen section 'I' are means I4 for fastening the screen to the spring roller I5 at I6;

Now; with iesp'ectto' the spring roller in lg re 3?! e s rue th imil r: be, he, dinary fwindow shade roller-"except that it does not have any locking orpawl attachment-fertile spring inasmuchas this attachment is not neces- S i qe the s r w sem is at all, tim' i eny its attachment td t e sashandby t ie ulling of the spring roller. The roller l-wells It for fastening the scre'e n t'o there n-er Thesewells I6 are, however, not essentia l;and the screen may be; attached to the y clips 'or some" other suitable method; Pin t as; in the ordinary shade roller and h I li s me: l il -"i Th s" ri blle'rfj made to fitwithin the housing or receptacle re en edb i e e.. .I a y. a

I r le hou ga s' m lr p i en d' F- e re 3 ev rjfl an ib xjwt oeee dii e I t e iv Pi 2 1 he: n I, his hole 9- i1; i'cs 'l'ofwer half in the bQxI s its upp hal' n ne cover VII; Atihoth nd'of Itma e' toi e v m J7- f'e s ubted-p i i j lf s I t I unnin aidfig the is a slot I IU." The purpesebr this slot is for the passage of screen I from the roller contained within the housing assembly. The housing assembly is provided with openings 22 for fastening the cover to the box I8 and securing both to the base of a Window sill. In the fully assembled invention this housing together with a screen and roller attached may be built into the base of the window frame as shown in Figure 7 in newly constructed Window frames, or, as is preferable it may be simply fastened to the base of the ordinary window sill.

In describing Figures 4, 5 and 6 reference is directed to the drawings for the general shape of these parts. Figure 4 is a jacket 23 made of rigid material adapted to fit in the slideway wherein the Window sash rides. Figure 5 is a runway 6-er guide of rigid material and is fashioned so as to fit within jacket 23. The runway 6 is shaped as illustrated in the drawing Figure 5 and is so constructed as to receive th screen edge 4 and the "that the sash is raised.

narrow ends of shaft 9, while the runway recess 1 is made to receive beads 3 of screen section I. Figure 6 is simply a stop or lid in the form of a right angle having a vertical side 24 which is made to fit in the slideway of the window frame, and a base 25 which is shaped to conform to the contour of the jacket Figure 4 and the runway Figure 5. This Figure 6 serves as a lid or stop to prevent the runway 6 from slipping upward out of the jacket 23 due to friction or rubbing arising with the raising of the window sash.

The use and assembly of this invention is relatively simple. In explaining this it is desirable that reference be made to all the drawings and principally to the composite drawing Figure 7.

In putting it together the lower end of thescreen section is passed through slot it of the housing cover II and is attached and rolled about the spring roller Hi. The spring roller is then placed in position in box l8 with cover H on the top of the box.. The housing assembly is then secured lltolithe base of the Window sill. Jacket 23 1521-- fixed to the slideway of the window frame-runways is inserted down into the jacket and lid Figure- 6 is secured in place over the jacket and runway in the slideway of the window frame. The screen is then raised with the shaft ends and screen edge in the path 5, of the runway 6, and

'yvith its heads 8 in therecess of the runway. Tabs 13 are secured within a groove made in the base .of the window sash. The apparatus is now ready for operation.

7 Simply raising the sash to which thescreen is "attached will screen the window to the extent Itis to benoted at this point that the window sash has a vertical groove 26 to permit thesash .toclose down, over and about the runway assembly. This groove is only wide enough to fit about the runway assembly with as little play as possible and is long enough to receive the runway assembly as it rises into the groove upon the closing 'of the window sash. It is this groovethat permits the runway assembly to serve as weather stripping at the sides whenthe window is in a closed position.

This vertical groove is not, however', essential to the use of this invention as it may be used with- .out such a groove by aifixing the apparatus to that portion of the sill beneath the upper window and by attaching the top of the screen section to the sash of the upper window. When used in this manner the portion of the window opening opposite the lower window has a fixed screen.

"T It is also to be noted that the purpose of the groove at the bottom of the sash as shown in Figure 7 is to hold the tabs and shaft of the screen section with the end that when the window sash is in a closed position the shaft within the groove will serve as weather stripping. However, it is not essential to the operation of this invention that the screen section attach to the bottom of the sash in the manner described, as other methods obvious to those skilled in the art may be used to attach the screen section to the windowsash and accomplish all or some of the objects of this invention.

Variations in this invention obvious to those skilled in the art may be made in actual practice without departing from the essentials of this inventionas claimed.

Iclaim: Y

1."In a roll screen structure of the character described a runway guide for the rotatable beads and side edge of a rollgscreen comprising in combination, a runway, ajacketabout. and holding suchrunway slidable. therein, and a lidcovering at the extremities thereof, incombination with a guide runway assembly having a jacket holder and madeupor an integralv piece ofmaterial to forming adjacent right angles, the free. ends of each right angle rising inthe center and then foldinginwardly, forming a recess, said beads being workable in said recess and a stop lid atop such runway andjacket, all substantially as shown and described.

1 7 'VINCENT DI MARZO.

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